A new model and method for understanding Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility.

A new model and method for understanding Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility.

Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria transmitted almost exclusively vertically through eggs. In response to this mode of transmission, Wolbachia strategically manipulate their insect hosts' reproduction. In the most common manipulation type, cytoplasmic incompatibility, infected males can only...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Bossan, Arnulf Koehncke, Peter Hammerstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3091874?pdf=render

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